MLB News

Martinez starts road to returning

Carlos Martinez took his first step toward rejoining the Cardinals' rotation when he long-tossed in the outfield Monday afternoon. Alex Reyes will take presumably his final step toward rejoining the rotation (for the first time since 2016) when he pitches for Class AAA Memphis on Thursday night.

Tigers manager Gardenhire pleased to visit ex-team Twins

Gardenhire managed the Twins from 2002 through the 2014 season. Before his 13 years at the helm, he spent the 1987 season as a player in Minnesota's minor league system and then became a minor league coach in the organization. "It was really good to see him today," said Paul Molitor,

Right-hander Chase Anderson scraped off the rust of being idle for two weeks and the Milwaukee Brewers took advantage of the few mistakes made by Zack Greinke at Miller Park on Monday night. The result was a 4-2 victory by the Brewers that kept the teams headed in opposite directions. Milwaukee won

Mets open series with 2-0 win over Marlins

NEW YORK - Jason Vargas returned to the rotation with five excellent innings, AJ Ramos pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 2-0 on Monday night. The Mets got their fourth straight win, following up a three-game sweep of NL West-leading Arizona

Is burden for Rangers' struggles on Jeff Banister? Here's what Jon Daniels thinks

Daniels cited two reasons for the club's struggles. They are: -- In the off-season, the Rangers did not aggressively make "moves to force the issue this year.'' -- The lack of depth at the upper levels of the player-development system. That has been exposed by a series of injuries that